Aman Azhar
Reporter, Washington, D.C.
Aman Azhar is a Washington, D.C.-based journalist who covers environmental justice for Inside Climate News with focus on Baltimore-Maryland area. He has previously worked as a broadcast journalist and multimedia producer for the BBC World Service, VOA News and other international news organizations, reporting from London, Islamabad, the United Arab Emirates and New York. He holds a graduate degree in Anthropology of Media from University of London’s School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) and an MA in Political Science from the University of the Punjab, and is the recipient of the Chevening scholarship from the UK government and an academic scholarship for graduate studies from the Australian government.
Maryland and Baltimore Agree to Continue State Supervision of the Deeply Troubled Back River Wastewater Treatment Plant
By Aman Azhar
A University of Maryland Center Just Gave Most State Agencies Ds and Fs on an Environmental Justice ‘Scorecard’
By Aman Azhar
The Fate of Protected Wetlands Are At Stake in the Supreme Court’s First Case of the Term
By Aman Azhar
Toxic Releases From Industrial Facilities Compound Maryland’s Water Woes, a New Report Found
By Aman Azhar
Maryland Gets $144 Million in Federal Funds to Rehabilitate Aging Water Infrastructure
By Aman Azhar
City and State Officials Continue Searching for the Cause of Last Week’s E. Coli Contamination of Baltimore’s Water
By Aman Azhar
Two Md. Lawmakers Demand Answers from Environmental Regulators. The Hogan Administration Says They’ll Have to Wait
By Aman Azhar
Residents and Environmentalists Say a Planned Warehouse District Outside Baltimore Threatens Wetlands and the Chesapeake Bay
By Aman Azhar
The Navy Abandons a Plan to Develop a Golf Course on a Protected Conservation Site Near the Naval Academy in Annapolis
By Aman Azhar
Anne Arundel County Wants the Navy’s Greenbury Point to Remain a Wetland, Not Become an 18-Hole Golf Course
By Aman Azhar
A Controversial Ruling Puts Maryland’s Utility Companies In Charge Of Billions in Federal Funds
By Aman Azhar
A Federal Judge Wants More Information on Polluting Discharges From Baltimore’s Troubled Sewage Treatment Plants
By Aman Azhar
The U.S. Naval Academy Plans a Golf Course on a Nature Preserve. One Maryland Congressman Says Not So Fast
By Aman Azhar
Baltimore’s ‘Catastrophic Failures’ at Wastewater Treatment Have Triggered a State Takeover, a Federal Lawsuit and Citizen Outrage
By Aman Azhar
With Increased Nutrient Pollution in the Chesapeake Bay, Environmentalists Hope a New Law Will Cleanup Wastewater Treatment in Maryland
By Aman Azhar
Why the Chesapeake Bay’s Beloved Blue Crabs Are at an All-Time Low
By Aman Azhar
